On a dead larch branch. 14 January 2017 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Fruiting Body Initially cup shaped, becoming flattened with age, attached to the substrate by a short stem, inner fertile surface smooth, yellow to orange, outer surface covered in white hairs, to about 5mm across Flesh Brittle, yellowish Smell Indistinct Taste Unknown Season Autumn to spring Distribution Infrequent Habitat On dead wood from conifers, most often recorded on pine but also on spruce (Picea), fir (Abies), larch and cedar Spore Print White Microscopic Features Ascospores spindle shaped, smooth, hyaline (5-10) x 2 µm2. Paraphyses cylindrical, septate, sometimes branched at the base. Asci eight spored. Hairs septate, cylindrical, warty. Edibility Inedible Notes There are numerous rather similar species which are distinguished by habitat and microscopic features. 
14 January 2017 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leic Goodwin. 
14 January 2017 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 14 January 2017 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Asci and paraphyses in Congo Red viewed with a x40 objective. 14 January 2017 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Hairs in Congo Red viewed with a x40 objective. 14 January 2017 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |